Here is a short list of popular brand name medications from 2009 and their approximate retail price to give you an idea of how easy it was for the total cost of your prescriptions to reach a retail value of over $225 per month (the actual 2009 negotiated retail price for each drug would vary slightly with your Medicare Part D plan):
Brand Names ® | Form / Strength | 2009 Retail Cost |
Actonel ® | Tab 35 MG | $89 |
Advair Disc ® | MIS 250/50 | $200 |
Ambien ® | Tab 10 MG | $154 |
Diovan ® | Tab 80 MG | $68 |
Lipitor ® | Tab 10 MG | $85 |
Lotrel ® | Cap 5-20 MG | $97 |
Nexium ® | Cap 40 MG | $162 |
Norvasc ® | Tab 10 MG | $80 |
Plavix ® | Tab 75 MG | $145 |
Prevacid ® | Cap 30 MG DR | $158 |
Zocor ® | Tab 20 MG | $147 |
Zoloft ® | Tab 100 MG | $101 |
So if the retail cost of your 2009 formulary medications averaged over $338 per month you would see from our PDP-Planner tool that you would have expected to be in the 2009 Doughnut Hole by the end of August 2009.
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